Mother Hubbard's Blues chords by
Ray Wylie Hubbard

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Key: E minor

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Em Em 
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Baby's got
a do rag on her head
An old banjo's under the bed
B B 2
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She hates the damn thing
Em Em 
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But she sure enough loves them blues

Verse 2
Em Em 
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She says yelling at a flower
don't make it bloom
It's sunlight and water and elbow room
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But even a rose has got to
Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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pay some dues
E E 
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Now the

Verse 3

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Cross Canadian Ragweed band

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Call her Mother Hubbard you understand

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The reason is that's what and who she is

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Verse 4
E E 
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Em Em 
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This mother knows the value of vapor rub
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Em Em 
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A belief in God and overdubs
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Em Em 
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And that good tone is more import
B B 2
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Em Em 
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ant than the show or the biz
Show business is a heartbreaking thing
B B 2
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Em Em 
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But if you got good tone you can get
through the gig
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Verse 5
Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Soul Gravy and literature is some
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of what she prefers
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Her old Lucky jeans and analog
She comes to bed in a negligee
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Em Em 
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Just to discuss Cinema Verite'

Verse 6
B B 2
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She's the only woman I know
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that likes Reservoir Dogs
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Em Em 
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E E 
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Em Em 
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E E 
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Em Em 
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I mean I liked it
but there was some
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Scenes in there that kind of
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Em Em 
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B B 2
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skived me out
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Well I got two nickels and a paradigm
It ain't spelled right but it rhymes

Verse 7
Em Em 
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I'm getting desperate
I'm about to derail
One more thing one last
confession
The mother asks some touch questions
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Like when Jesus went to heaven
Em Em 
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E E 
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did he leave a vapor trail?